The kX Project is an independent development project, focused on providing free WDM Audio Drivers for kX-Compatible sound cards. Read our Mission statement for a quick introduction.The kX Audio Driver is an independent WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver for all EMU10K1 and EMU10K2-based soundcards manufactured by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or E-mu Systems Inc., including the SoundBlaster Live! series, the E-mu Audio Production Studio (APS) card, and the Audigy / Audigy2 series of cards. (Full List).The kX Audio Driver package includes driver system files and setup files as well as a powerful audio mixer application (the kX Mixer), which acts as a Graphical User Interface, providing access to many of the drivers internal functions. The following features are either fully supported or partially supported in the latest release of the kX Audio Driver: * Wave Recording & Playback, * MIDI Synthesizer (Soundfont-based) and MIDI UART In/Out, * DirectSound 2D and DirectSound 3D, * Full ASIO and GSIF support, * DSP Microcode Loading/Unloading, * Full AC97 codec control, * AC3 Software DecodingThe kX Driver is FREE and will remain FREE. Please note that you can always encourage development by making a donation to the kX Fund. As one of our contributors has pointed out, if all satisfied kX users made even a very modest donation (say $10 each), it would go a long way towards deferring our costs and would further encourage development of new features (and elimination of old bugs). 02/17/2004 - Version 5.00.3537 (BETA) releasedFixed SMP/HyperThreading compatibility issues, Fixed bug with invalid 24/96 loopback volume level, Fixed bug with invalid 24/96 Master volume after reboot, Improved SPDIF output quality for Audigy2 boards, Swedish, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, Danish and German translations updated, Fixed bug with AC-3 Passthru on Audigy2-based boards, Fixed bug with incorrect handling of DOO mode for certain boards, Added support for 48000 and 192000 sampling rates for the Wave HQ device, Support for 44100 is not available at the moment (additional research is necessary), Added support for 32-bit (32-32) format for Kernel Streaming clients (fake :)), Default levels for CD-Digital and SPDIF-In set to -inf, Fixed bug with FXMix2 plugin (10k1-compatibility issue), Improved RemoteIR support for trayed WinAmp and Foobar, Improved RPN/NRPN support (fixed certain formulas), Fixed bug with kX Mixer handling default device change incorrectly, Fixed bug with invalid kX1/MicIn and kX0/LineIn to AC97 In mappings (0dB = 100%), Fixed invalid AC97 recording gain visualization, Added Unload all SoundFonts button, Added an option to filter EAX calls (Driver compatibility), Updated IO Status window, kX API: hidden kX DSP objects partially implemented, Minor kX Setup improvements, Fixed minor bug with default routings and kX Router applet, Added support for SB22x model, Fixed minor bug with 24/96 Wave HQ volume, Added support for (32-0) formats, S/PDIF sampling rate is now automatically set/reset when AC-3 Passthru is active, Fixed bug with SPDIF 24/96 recording (Wave HQ device), Fixed minor SoundFont/SFMan-related issue, Added support for certain OEM cards, Fixed bug with p16v recording source selection causing reboots, Fixed bug with AC97-In +/- 12dB jump on mute/unmute, Added two NoiseGate plugins, Added compatibility option for Audigy2 passthru, Improved RemoteIR compatibility with certain WinAmp versions, Added option to disable S/PDIF notifications, Improved RemoteIR support (details...), Fixed bug with certain settings not saved on reboot, Improved MIDI UART IRQ handling, Major SoundFont memory management improvement (support for large SoundFonts added), Some SoundFont-related optimizations (voice management engine), Improved UART Input/Output, Added CLEAX4Reverb effect with certain presets (ALPHA), Added option to turn on/off AC97 to Front Speakers routing (for 10k2 cards: kxctrl -shw 19 1), Certain AC-3 decoding engine improvements, Fixed issue with kX Router restoring settings incorrectly after Hibernate Before starting this driver installation we suggest you make sure you are installing the latest driver version available. Follow readme instructions/help file for installing drivers when available. Sometimes you need to restart your system for the new installed driver to become active. You can install this driver with the following operating system: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP